I was asked a cracking question last night: ‘Everyone knows Rangers went into administration on 14 February 2012, but do you know what date they came out of administration?’
Can anyone guess? This is the material Cognitive Dissonance is made of.
Duff and Phelps did an incredible job. Had they stuck to Whyte’s plan, put a fait accompli to the SPL, with a matter of days to decide, ‘Our Hero’ would still own the ground, the club and would still be exalted by those who initially crowned him ‘Our Hero’, before the term became a weapon of irony.
We got a further glimpse into the goings-on at Cardiff before popular and successful manager, Malky Mackay, was sacked. Chief exec, Simon Lim, while commenting on the £30m loss the club made last season, as a Championship club, spoke of the signing of 20-year-old striker Andreas Cornelius for £7.5m, from Copenhagen, with a £45k per week, 5 year contract, somewhat more than the £6k he was previously coping with in Denmark.
Earlier this month Malky said, “What I said at the time still stands. £7.5m was our record transfer at the time but a hit-the-ground-running centre-forward in the Premier League costs two or three times that and every team in the Premier League are striving for someone like that.”
There you have it, £7.5m is not enough to buy a hit-the-ground-running centre-forward, you’ll need two or three times that! In England, reality really is a different country (this is not me getting involved in the referendum debate, before the nationalists start trolling me again).
English football is broken in ways it is increasingly difficult to fathom. Only the persistent annual losses and ballooning debt figures offer a glimpse into what the future may hold.
Our namesakes, Belfast Celtic, withdrew from league football shortly after their players were attacked by a mob following the final whistle at game against Linfield on Boxing Day 1948. Star man, Jimmy Jones, died yesterday. The then 20-year-old was thrown over a wall and out of the stadium, breaking his leg in the process.
That was the end for Belfast Celtic but Jimmy recovered and is the Irish League’s all-time top goalscorer.
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Night all.
Thanks for putting up with my
usual nonsense.
Have we got a game tomorrow ?
HH
16 Roads,
sorry if I am mistaken but did you not post a while ago being extremely critical of bookmakers
Goodnight, gentlemen. In the morning we will still be Tims.
Mon the hoops!!!
Delaney’s Dunky.
Pal… A luv the Big Lug..n.. Everybudy n You, especially Knows it..
Howevahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…
It is ma Jist Dying tae See How Lee.. Ah said Lee…n No.. tae those snipers who hivnae bin reading Ma Submissions,lately..
LEE.. Ah Prefer tae Spell it the Easy way.. Ah nevah believe in Knockin Masel Oot,fur the sake of Propriety..
So Lee it is..No Leigh.. Besides .. Leigh, is a Lassie’s Way of Spelling it..
anyway,Pal…
Normally, If Lee wiznae Here..Ah wid Plump fur the Towerin’ Amido…
But… Let me jist get a wee Keek at Lee..n see How he Fare’s, First.
O.K.?
Deal.. Pal.
Kojo
Still,Laughin
Reminiscing a bit here, 70s 80s.,always in the Jungle, then had to go away for a few years, when I went back v Mutherwefu, Piere scored very late on.We won..I thought what a
Imstadium. 2cnd time I went I thought I would like the Jungle more. Great respect to everyone that went to Hamdump
Kojo-
How’s the jigging going?
Never thought to ask before-but is there a Mrs Kojo on the go?
You know what really pisses me off when watching a game on the tele, when the commentator say they ” just about did something, or just about got away with someting ” when they obviously did, seriously rips ma knittin so it does.
HH
G64
23:46 on 15 February, 2014
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You are more than right on that score chief, nobody can argue that.
There’s Tommy Burns and there’s Sean Fallon.
The heart and soul of our club.
Takes me back to the early Green Brigade days.
Get them back pronto
16 roads
Have you made your peace with Travelerbhoy yet?
G64 – The major bookies are evil chief, I stand by what I say about them…albeit they are a necessary evil.
Sometimes it seems as if they can see into the future.
Anyway, I’m doing ok these days, so I shouldn’t really be complaining.
HH.
sixoclockinthechapel.
Hiya,Pal..
Nice tae Meet ye..
Oh… No.. No… No…No.. No.. there is..n thur Never wiz.. A Mrs. Kojo.
Ah like The Ladies too Much … Alwiz did…Alwiz Wull
tae be Stoopid Enuff tae Get Mairried.
Ah could never be faithful tae jist want Lassie..
Ah took Ma … Sainted Mother’s Advice..
when she said..
“Son, If You Like the Ladies an Awful Lot.. Then.. Don’t Marry.”
Sound Advice.. n Ah Took it..
n So far.. Ah hiv Not Regretted it..
So..noo ye know,pal..
Kojo
Still,Laughin
16 roads – Wee Oscar the Celtic warrior.
23.24
“Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgement.” -Michael Corleone.
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A line spoken by a fictional character who never existed,
“Ya-ba-da-ba-doo.” -Fred Flintstone. That’s another one.
16 roads.
Mario Puzzi made a lot of money from the great fiction he wrote.
I place great value on what you think about Celtic. Please don’t dilute your passion for our club by posting lines from books outside your thoughts as if they were them.
Your thoughts register with me and countless Celts like me.
Keep on posting your own thoughts.
That goes out to everyone else, of course.
16 roads,
I work in the bookmaking industry,i was surprised to see you include them with those who deal heroin,millions of people gamble quite happily,although there are those who become addicted,i just wondered at the time if you thought the same of the drink and tobacco industries
Kojo
Leigh, Amido, Kris and Tony Watt is a good front four. Could be great 4?
Kojo just unravelled the tactics that won the Big cup very good players inside Jim Craig,TG, Jinky and Bobby Lennox attack attack attack
sixoclockatthechapel
00:02 on 16 February, 2014
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No.
He needs some eejit to attack all the time, and I just happen to be that eejit.
The stuff he writes is remarkable, like a Charles Dickens novel in Victorian London.
I wish him all the good luck in the world though.
HH.
THE EXILED TIM
23:19 on
15 February, 2014
Doc
Make me think what ?
You have lost me.
I know fine well times change, and attitudes change, but please don’t be telling me that bending over is the answer.
That is the end if we do that, we are where we are cos we didn’t give in to them, had we, we wouldn’t be here today.
They want us gone, and every time I see a post on here defending the non singing of Irish songs, every post that advocates more appeasement, my heart sinks a little lower.
HH
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Doc was referring to the article called “Gotcha” at this link.
http://celticunderground.net/gotcha/
It explores why the specific words “IRA” attract condemnation because the world changed post 11 November and why that change was seized upon by the huns who had suffered two Gotcha’s, one by us (The Billy Boys) and one self inflicted (The Famine Song).
With regard to ROH the only phrase in it that might cause offenceto the reasonable man (especially if he is English is “England you’re a monster ” which the composer explains here.
http://www.celtictrust.net/?func=d_home_article&id=468
By the simple act of changing “monster” (an opinion) to gaoler (a fact) I think the last remnants of it being offensive would disappear for any reasonable man, the undefined benchmark a magistrate would use to decide if a song falls under the OBB.
I’m not in favour of any songs that present Celtic in a bad ligh,t but I am even less in favour of others dressing some songs up as something they are not because of their inner bigotry, the inner bigotry that begat the OBB.
Kojo-
Thanks for taking the time….
One day I look forward to hearing the Mrs Kojo take on all things Celtic..
Never say Never!
Meantime-Keep on Jigging!
G64 – Gambling is an addiction, and the bookmaking industry preys on that addiction.
It’s a disease, an illness, very much like alcoholism.
An alcoholic can only drink so much, then they will drop… a gambler will keep on going, lose everything.
We all make our own decisions in life though.
But to answer your question – Yes the highstreet bookmakers live off the misery of others.
gordybhoy64
Gambling is in my opinion the worst addiction that can be aflicted on a human.
Drugs can be beaten, gambling is another ball game altogether, you get as big a buzz when you lose as when you win, therein lies the problem.
I had a very good mate who was a proper gambler, lost his home, wife and kids thro it, went to a gamblers anon meeting, they told him to come back when he sold his leather jacket that was worth 50 quid, then he would be at the bottom, then they could help him.
Tis the worst addiction know to man imo.
HH
Kojo
My mammy Christened me with a name that is spelt differently to the norm. Leigh is the same, please respect his name. Celtic future hero LEIGH Griffiths
Morning all.
I am for the life around the corner
I am into friendship and plain sailing
I am for the revolution coming
I have suffered imperfections
I am for the man who drives the hammer
And no I never had a red leather suit — my one was green!
Might be a bit tight now but maybe I will dust it down and wear it to CQ10?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OfRZ63gLgI
Pog
Yer havin’ a laugh. :))
DD
Spot on, A brilliant track grossly underrated. IMHO. :-)) Night Night all.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
16 Roads/TET
I appreciate your opinions.dont quite agree with them but each to their own,
as I said millions gamble quite happily with no issues,drugs and drink are as big an issue to society as gambling,not looking to fight but if its such a problem why do you both gamble
When Ah wiz in Hospital.. Many Years Ago..
In Santa Monica.. Cal..
The Guy in the bed ..opposite.. It wiz Four tae the Room..
Wiz..
Mario Puzo
He hid Newly sold his Successful Mafia Book Tae Hollywid.. n.. Ah couldna get Ma Proper Rest.. as
He wiz Surrounded..like.. Every Day by Folk. .stoappin By tae Talk tae Him..
and.. usually a coupla Nurses, wid be hoverin Aroon him.. at Night..
It went oan … fur the Ten Days that Ah wuz there.
Not a very Restful .. stay.. fur Me. Ah kin Tell ya.
Strangely, Ah never had a Conversation wi Him.. Not Wan..
He wiz a common lookin Guy.. Ah hiv met guys that looked like him… A Hundred Times..
He looked like a Clerk who worked in the Drug Store, Near Me.. At the Time the First time Ah saw him..n didnae Know who He wiz.. Ah thought he WIZ the Drug Store Clerk.
Ah refused tae Join His Fan club.. fur Spite..
Kojo
Still,Laughin’
16 roads-
I remember your conversation with him that night -I think he got the wrong end of the stick with what you were saying.
Delaney’s Dunky
Pal.. Ah luv ye like a Brother..
But.. Ah canny go alang wi’ yer requsest.
Na..
Ah still wull Spell his Name.. Lee.
Sorry,pal.. but, Ah jist wull..
Kojo
Still,Laughin
Evening BRTH, I mailed you a couple of days back about a bag of swag donated by our Mr TET for the cqten gig. Are you at the game tomorrow.? I’ll stick it in the ACGR mobile and I’ll be parked in my usual spot. You can pick it up after the game. Failing that, I’ll catch you next time at paradise.
P.S.
Don’t wear the green suit:_))
HH
ACGR
yes usual place so no problem.
Sorry been ran off my feet with pesky worky shit — though to be fair quite exciting shit at that.
No danger of the green suit actually coming out to play…….. but it is a great thought!
Paddy McCourt’s ///…..\\\ Fenian army
Kojo
Ok Mr intransigent. :))
leigh= stem of the verb to “read” in Irish
Make of that what you will.
Kojo
00.25
Great story, but be respectful to the man please; Puzzi has 2 zs, I believe.
When I came away from our AGM last year, being a signed-up proposer of Res12, I wrote in this blog that my impression of Celts everywhere is that – scepticism is in our DNA.
I think that your tale epitomises the essence of being a Celt, anywhere.
Kind regards to you.
dont trust anyone who posts links to roxy music.
that renfrew ferry guy was rubbidge,
G64
It’s no that big a prob for me, well it is, but no as big as it effects others, I do it for the buzz, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing, that is something most people don’t take in to consideration, losing, it’s a serious buzz.
If only I had left that team out of the acca I would have won, it’s relentless the pain gambling gives you, I have sorted the addiction in my life, I can handle it now, took me mnay, many years to get to where I am today, I start with a pot, if it goes, no more, it’s hard, but I have managed to keep going, I am happty to bet a pound to win a few pence, a win is a win, better than losing my pound.
I am still addicted to tobacco and drink, gave up the illegal stuff years ago, could give up the legal stuff they want to kill us with if I wished, but to stop the gamblin, I doubt it.
HH
Guys.
Reality is a different country.
G64 – Not a bother comrade.
Listen, I could stand in a bookies from now till next year.
It was even better when the punters were allowed to smoke cigarettes.
There’s no better place, get away from life for a wee while, the nagging bird.
The epicentre of addiction, the only place on earth where it’s ok to be a loser.
No better buzz than money won,better feeling that than any drug or woman.
Heaven and hell. :)
I shouldn’t be complaining about anything.
HH.